Stone Me: The Wit and Wisdom of Keith Richards

By Mark Blake

Book Overview

In his own words-from rock's most legendary bad boy.

Rock 'n' roll legend and Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has quite a few things to say: about Mick Jagger, the Stones, sex, drugs, rock 'n' roll, and life itself. Sample these nuggets of wit and wisdom chipped from the tablets of Stone:

On etiquette "I've never turned blue in someone else's bathroom. I consider that the height of bad manners."

On Mick Jagger "My aim is always to try to introduce a bit of levity into his life."

On the police "There was a knock on our dressing-room door. Our manager shouted, 'Keith Ron The Police are here ' Oh, man, we panicked, flushed everything down the john. Then the door opened and it was Stewart Copeland and Sting."

On family "My father. I snorted my father. He was cremated and I couldn't resist grinding him up with a little bit of blow."

On dental care "Miraculously, due to abstinence and prayer, my teeth grew back."

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451227581
• ISBN13: 9780451227584
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.9" x 7.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Satisfaction

It is more then I expected I recomend the book ,I could not put it down until I read the whole book .It is very well put together I knew lots of his quotes already but i did not most of it.I am a collector of everything about the ROLLING STONES and it's members I would not care if it was bad I still buy it ,but it was actually much better,thanks Sandor

The Human Riff Speaks

I never laughed so hard. This is an excellent peak into the psyche of one of musics greatest icons. Nobody's as cool as Keith.

Keith, tells it the way he sees it

Keith will outlive us all. He is bionic and a genius. I can pick up the book and turn to any page and get a good laugh. Keep rocking then.